Plot: In 1961, in an effort to show the United States they have submarines capable of launching nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union prepares K-19, a nuclear submarine, for launch. Taking command of the ship is Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Ford), with Mikhail Potenin (Neeson) as his executive officer. When the ship begins to malfunction, they must choose between the lives of the crew…or the beginning of World War III. Inspired by actual events.